The explosion of the mine draped trees with...

MINED ROAD.

July 23, 1986

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA — MINED ROAD. The explosion of the mine draped trees with parts of bodies, a spokesman for the military said. The death toll from Tuesday's attack on a bus by Tamil rebels 140 miles north of Colombo was put at 31. Twenty-two people were injured. The guerrillas are fighting for an independent state for the Tamil minority in the north and east of Sri Lanka. President Junius Jayewardene has proposed limited autonomy.